Hats and Headwear

Herjolfsnes, no.83-86

Four of the five caps found at Herjolfsnes are similar enough
to one another to treat them as a single item. They are a simple
deep "pillbox" shape. In two of the four items, the lower edged
was turned under, and was not hemmed. Norlund speculates that
there might have been a fur lining attached to this "turning
in".

It should be noted that in the construction of the caps, the
crowns are made of two pieces in three of the four instances, and
in the fourth case (no.86), the crown is marked by the presence
of a false seam in order to simulate such construction.

No. 83

Cap Height: 10.5-12 cm (4-4.7") (with a "deep turning on the
inner side without being hemmed")

Diameter at the Top: 17.5 cm (6.9")

Diameter at the Bottom: about 18 cm (7")

Threadcount is unknown, but it is described as a "fourshaft
twilled frieze of dark brown color"

No. 84

Cap Height: 10 cm (3.9") (with a "deep turning on the inner
side without being hemmed")

Diameter at the Top: 14.5 cm (7.5")

Diameter at the Bottom: Unknown.

Threadcount is unknown.

No. 85

Cap Height: 10 cm (3.9")

Diameter at the Top: c.16 cm (6.3") (Oval)

Diameter at the Bottom: c.16 cm (6.3")

Threadcount is unknown, but it is described as a "fourshaft
twilled frieze of dark brown color'

No. 86

Cap Height: 8-9.5 cm (3.4-3.7")

Diameter at the Top: 17-18 cm (6.7-7")

Diameter at the Bottom: about 18 cm (7")

Threadcount is unknown, but it is described as a "fourshaft
twilled frieze, brownish, but the various pieces differ slightly
in shade."

Some Clothing of the Middle Ages - Hats and Headwear -
Herjolfsnes 86, by I. Marc Carlson, Copyright 1997 This code is
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